Zephyr Teachout: Goal is 45,000 petition signatures

Zephyr Teachout says she's already collected 25,000 signatures to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary in September and plans to get up to 45,000 before the petitioning process ends July 10.

The Fordham University law professor said she's certain that Cuomo will use his team of lawyers and campaign staff to pour over her petition signatures to try to get her thrown off the ballot.

"Cuomo has over $30 million, and we fully expect that he’ll spend as much as he needs of that campaign cash to challenge all the signatures that we have," Teachout told Gannett's Albany Bureau today. "The one thing is that we are certain of he’d rather fight me in court than in the Democratic primary."